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Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 58

Floods in S.A. Little Boy Drowned. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 13

Having apparently fallen into Para River, which has been swollen by floods, at Light's Pass yesterday, Percy Scholz, 11 years, was found drowned higher up the river. His…

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Families Homeless After Floods Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 5

The flood danger has now passed Noarlunga and Port Noarlunga, as the Onkaparinga River is subsiding almost as quickly as it rose. Fifty…

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Victoria's Floods Some Areas Had Too Much of a Good Thing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Continued rain has caused flooding in many areas. The Benalla-Shepparton Road is…

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Upper House Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- After the leader of the Government, Dr. Harris, had accused Mr. Eager of continually making insulting remarks…

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Seven Dead and Many' Hurt in Raging Gale London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 1

SEVEN deaths have so far been reported, and it is likely that other lives have been lost as a result of the gale, which has been raging over the Channel and Southern England This evening the storm was gradually abating…

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Fierce Gales. Ships in Distress. Captain Swept Overboard. Many People Injured. (British official Wireless.) LONDON, Sept. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 11

Four lives have been lost, two by drowning at sea and two by injury from falling objects, during a gale which has been raging over the Channel and southern England since…

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Desert Floods Men Escape a Goanna Meal Tennant's Creek

The Sun · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 30

Torrential rains that have already transformed much of the desert country near the Musgrave Ranges into rich pasture lands and have…

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Startling Proposal of U.A.P. Flood Country with Immigrants Our Defence

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 8

THE annual Country Convention of the United Australia Party carried a resolution yesterday In favor of flooding Australia with…

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Rain Brings Flood of New Cars

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 5

The recent falls of rain, and the buoyant opening of the wool marketing season, mean that the country will absorb approximately a third more motor vehicles in the next two months than it did in the previous two, according to an estimate by…

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House Battered by Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--A cyclone has wrought havoc in the Tikorangi district of Taranaki…

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Food Relief Uproar Member Storms At Premier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 9

THE scheme for retirement of public servants,…

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Terrific Storm Drenches Melb. Show MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 9

Just as the imposing grand parade was completed at the Royal Show, which was officially opened by the Governor, Lord Huntingfield…

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Cyclone Causes Havoc in New Zealand Wellington (N Z.) Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 8

A cyclone caused havoc in the Ti-korangi district, near New Plymouth, last night. The wind smashed the windows of a house, bringing in…

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Cyclone in N.Z. Severe Damage on Farms. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 11

Extensive damage was done on two farms by a cyclone which swept portion of the Tikorangl district of Taranaki last night. The family of Mr. R. J. Morey had just…

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Dropped Bomb, Then Apologised Preference Storm At U.A.P. Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 9

Women sprang to the microphone. All over the hall verbal Verey lights were released, and an artillery of sound followed in a counter demonstration-- the "Diggers" were under fire. But from the U.A.P. conference,…

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Thaelmann Tortured Statement of Berlin Storm Troopers Why the Delegation Could Not See Him

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 2

IN view of the recently reported treatment of the Delegation of Jurists which, while in Berlin, were not allowed to speak to…

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Council Flooding Crop

The Land · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 31

"Reader": The Council are not entitled to run more water into the paddock' than would naturally' flow there. The Council have the power to make drains through lands…

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Eight Saved In Midnight Gale SINGAPORE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 6

While the British aircraft-carrier, Hermes, was on the way to Singapore eight aircraftsmen were washed overboard at midnight…

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Ratings Fall Overboard During Midnight Gale. SINGAPORE, Sept. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 17

While H.M.S. Hermes was steaming for Singapore, eight ratings fell overboard during a midnight gale. With the aid of searchlights the men were rescued little the worse for their…

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Gale Havoc. Much Damage in Britain. Heavy Seas in Channel. (British Official Wireless) LONDON, Sept. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 17

The high winds which have continued have done much damage in various parts of the country. At the Thame show, in Oxfordshire—the…

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